13.09.2025 17:20
The first boat of the Global Sumud Fleet, which set out to break the Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, departed after greeting the public at Binzert Port. The fleet, consisting of nearly a thousand activists from around 50 countries, including Turks, will continue its journey by meeting up with boats coming from Italy and Greece in the Mediterranean Sea.
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The Global Sumud Fleet's boats coming from Spain, along with the boats joining the fleet from Tunisia, have set sail from Tunisia towards Gaza.
GLOBAL SUMUD FLEET SET SAIL TOWARDS GAZA
The first boat in the Global Sumud Fleet, which is on its way to Gaza to break the Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid, set sail after greeting the public at Binzert Port.
In addition to the 22 boats that set sail from Barcelona, Spain on August 31, there are 23 boats from Tunisia in the Global Sumud Fleet. The boats that set sail from the capital Tunis yesterday and today will merge with the boats leaving from Binzert port and continue their journey towards Gaza.
THERE ARE TURKISH ACTIVISTS AMONG THEM
The fleet, which includes nearly a thousand activists from about 50 countries, including Turks, will continue their journey in the Mediterranean by meeting with boats coming from Italy and Greece. Meanwhile, it has been learned that Turkish activists are also on the first boat that will arrive in Gaza.
DRONE ATTACKS WERE CARRIED OUT ON TWO BOATS FROM SPAIN
On August 31, 22 boats that departed from Spain as part of the Global Sumud Fleet began to reach the ports of Sidi Busaid and Gammart in the capital Tunis on September 7.
On the nights of September 8 and 9, drone attacks were carried out on two boats from Spain at the Global Sumud Fleet in Sidi Busaid Port. After the delay of the fleet's departure from Tunisia, the boats from Spain moved to the port in Binzert, located in the north of the country, on September 11.
PLANNED TO SET SAIL TOWARDS GAZA ON SEPTEMBER 10
During the farewell program held on September 10 with the participation of thousands of Tunisians, it was announced that the departure date of the boats had been postponed due to weather conditions.
Dr. Muhammed Emin Binnur, a member of the Global Sumud Fleet's Tunis Delegation, speaking to the Tunisian official news agency TAP, stated that the preparation process at Sidi Busaid Port had not yet been completed and that the weather conditions were currently not suitable for small and medium-sized boats to travel in the Mediterranean.
Binnur announced that the movement towards Gaza had been postponed for two days and that they would first move to Binzert Port, located north of the capital Tunis, where the preparations would be completed.
PARTICIPATION FROM NEARLY 50 COUNTRIES
The Global Sumud Fleet includes the "Freedom Flotilla Coalition," "Global Gaza Movement," "Maghreb Sumud Convoy," and the Malaysia-based "Sumud Nusantara" organization. Hundreds of activists from nearly 50 countries are moving towards Gaza with the boats in the fleet.
THE LARGEST FLEET SET SAILING TOWARDS GAZA
In the past, Israel intervened in ships trying to go to Gaza one by one, seizing the boats and deporting the activists. The Global Sumud Fleet is the largest fleet to have set sail towards Gaza so far.
IT MEANS "DETERMINATION" OR "UNSHAKABLE RESOLVE"
The term "Sumud," which means "determination" or "unshakable resolve" in Arabic, has become a concept among the Palestinian people to describe oppression and resistance after the Six-Day War in 1967. The concept of Sumud expresses the search for ways to resist occupation by remaining on Palestinian land, keeping Palestinian identity and culture alive, and through non-violent civil disobedience, as well as building alternative institutions. In Palestine, the olive tree and a pregnant peasant woman are used to depict this concept.
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